Her family might be struggling to make ends meet, but that did not stop Maya Devipujak from following her dream of wielding the hockey stick on ice despite being bracketed among those with with Mild Intelligence Quotient. Maya is the only girl from Gujarat in the Indian Floor Hockey team which would paticipate in the World Winter Games (Special Olympics) which will be held in PyeongChang, South Korea, from January...
02:02 PM, Jan 26, 2013
"It is actually a pleasant surprise for me because I don't think anyone was talking about me," the London Olympic bronze medallist said. ...
01:17 PM, Jan 26, 2013
The IOC has stripped Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of his involvement in doping, officials familiar with the decision told
The Associated Press on Thursday. ...
06:33 PM, Jan 17, 2013
The full extent of Armstrong's admission is yet to be revealed although U.S. media said he confessed to doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. ...
08:42 AM, Jan 16, 2013
The Russian won the French Open before carrying the national flag at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. ...
08:47 AM, Jan 01, 2013
To enter thirties might signal decline in many sports but for veteran luge racer Shiva Keshavan, it is the start of his peak form which, he feels, would make him the first Indian to win a Winter Olympics medal come 2014. ...
12:07 PM, Dec 30, 2012
The best Olympics medal haul ever by India was undone by IOA bosses who led to the association's suspension. ...
12:59 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Indian boxing saw a sudden fall as a disappointing Olympic campaign was followed by international suspension. ...
12:18 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Murray strode into New York and when a fifth shot at a grand-slam final duly arrived he rose to the occasion. ...
08:59 AM, Dec 18, 2012
Anand hoped the conflict between the IOC and the IOA will be sorted out before the 2016 Olympics. ...
10:17 PM, Dec 17, 2012
The national record-holder in the 3000m steeple chase, who finished 13th in her event at the London Olympics, speaks to IBNLive about her future plans. ...
04:21 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Tennis officials are considering adding third-set tiebreakers at the 2016 Rio Olympics after marathon matches in London this year. Also, bronze-medal matches could be eliminated to lighten the loads of players entered in multiple events. ...
08:49 AM, Dec 11, 2012
Federer has competed in four Olympics for a doubles gold in 2008 and singles silver this year. ...
04:49 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Four 2004 Games medallists, including Ukraine's shot put gold medallist Yuriy Bilonog, have been stripped of their medals. ...
01:12 AM, Dec 06, 2012
Chautala was unanimously elected president of the IOA while Bhanot became the new secretary general. ...
09:19 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Indian athletes have lamented the ban dished out to their national Olympic association by the IOC but hope that it could turn out to be a blessing in disguise and lead to a clean-up of the organisation which runs sport in the country. ...
01:36 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Kolkata: Silver medal winner in shooting in London Olympics, Vijay Kumar on Monday said his main aim is now to win a gold in the Rio Olympics in 2016. Speaking to reporters after being felicitated by the West Bengal government and Calcutta Sports Journalists Club for winning the silver medal in rapid fire pistol event in the London Olympics, Vijay said he was grateful to the Army for providing him...
09:52 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Kolkata: Former captain Dhanraj Pillay is not interested in talking about Indian hockey anymore after India's forgettable London Olympics performance and also questioned the rationale behind appointing foreign coaches. "Please don't ask me anything about Indian hockey. 12 teams mein se 12th finish karna ... Ab isse bhi bura kuchh ho sakta hai kya (When the country finishes 12th out of 12... Can it be worse than this)?" asked Pillay....
12:28 PM, Nov 11, 2012
Mahesh Bhupathi continues to laugh in the All India Tennis Association’s face. The Indian stalwart combined with Rohan Bopanna to come up trumps at the Paris Masters on Sunday, beating the Pakistani-Dutch pair of Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6 (6), 6-3. It was the Indian pair's first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. For Bhupathi every success post-London Olympics is a strong statement towards the tennis governing body, which...
09:40 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Jalandhar: India's hockey coach Michael Nobbs on Saturday refused to dwell on the team's London Olympics flopshow, saying that all queries on the matter should be directed to Hockey India, not him. Nobbs, who was here to witness an exhibition match, sidestepped queries on India's s worst ever Olympic performance. "I cannot answer any question. Any question on India's poor Olympic performance should be asked to Hockey India. I have...
01:50 PM, Nov 03, 2012
